17 year old Sinch Kennway got caught. Now she's going to the Workshop, the worst place for a craftsmen like herself to get stuck in. Especially since she didn't go willingly. But when her name is chosen to go to war, she is thrown into a spiral of conspiracy, deceit, and adventure. Along with Ari Enton and Baldroy Semgee, Sinch will have to learn from the best airship captain in the world how to fly one of the things.